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Did Game of Thrones’s Jon Snow Really Cut off All His Hair?

A big headline this weekend (yes, it’s been a slow weekend) was something along the lines of “Dear God, Jon Snow Cut Off His Hair!” Calamity! Direwolves and cats living together! Mass hysteria! But has Game of Thrones actor Kit Harrington really chopped off his famously luscious locks? Breath a sigh of a relief, everyone, the answer is no. The question arose because of this new trailer for Harrington’s BBC WWI-era drama Testament of Youth. As you can see, Harrington’s character is sporting a more period-appropriate, cropped cut.

But filming for Testament of Youth started on March 17 of this year and here’s Harrington in late April with every bouncy curl still in place. Well, mostly in place.

By Tristan Fewings

That’s right, friends, the BBC put a wig on old Jon Snow. In fact, Kit Harrington said during an interview this summer that he’s not allowed to cut his hair per his contract with HBO. He explained:

I didn’t realize this until recently and then I kind of, I wanted to
cut it -- I’ve had long hair for ages -- and they were like, “No, no,
no, that won’t be happening”. . .There’s all of these ridiculous
conversations that go back and forth between agents and managers and
HBO. “Can we have four inches off or can we have an inch off? What can
we do with this? How curly should it be?”

It would seem from the April photo above that Harrington was allowed to cut a little bit of his hair in order to cram it under the wig he wore so convincingly in Testament of Youth. So calm yourselves, friends, Winter may be coming but Jon Snow’s luscious head of curls are here to stay.